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World Snooker Championship begins in Sheffield
The Crucible has been the regular venue of the championships since 1977.
Sheffield
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60th anniversary of the Pennine Way
The Pennine Way is a 268mile (431km) walking route across wild landscapes in the hills and mountains of The Pennines from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish borders.
Well over 100 miles of that route is in Yorkshire.
The Pennine Way was opened across the backbone of England on April 25, 1965, with an opening ceremony on
The route takes in some of Yorkshire's finest scenery as it crosses two of its National Parks, the
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Yorkshire's railway heritage stretches beyond 200 years
The anniversary marks the 200th anniversary of The Stockton & Darlington Railway which was opened on September 27, 1825, on a route between the two towns in historic County Durham but was later extended into Yorkshire and the port of
Yorkshire however can trace its railway history back long before 1825.
The
It became the first railway to the authorised by an act of Parliament, the Middleton Railway Act 1757.
The locomotive Salamanca was the first of four built for the colliery railway. With its twin-cylinder design it was more sophisticated than the experimental steam locomotives of Richard Trevithick a few years earlier. The locomotives were designed and built in Leeds by Matthew Murray to work with a rack railway track which had been designed and patented by John Blenkinsop, the colliery manager.
The Middleton Railway today runs as a heritage passenger line with a museum at its Moor Road station revealing its long history. The line reopened after winter maintenance on Saturday April 5.
Many other Railway 200 events are taking place to celebrate railway heritage in Yorkshire, including a viaducts photography competition on the Penistone Line which runs between West and South Yorkshire, art and photography exhibitions, drama, rail tours and even a student attempt to seat as many people as possible on the world's longest station seat at
More about
Railway 200 at Network Rail.

More about the
Middleton Railway .

More about the
Penistone Line Partrnership Viaducts Photography Competition.

Heritage Railways
Train travel disruption continues at weekends





After track relaying at
The focus of work on the TransPennine rail line upgrade returns to the area around
On Saturdays and Sundays there will be no trains at
More about work on this line at the
TransPennine Route Upgrade website.

Check details of your journey at the
National Rail website.

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Awesome abbeys
They can be found in abundance across Yorkshire, all providing rich pieces in a historic jigsaw showing the part these monastic communities played in the region between the 12th and 16th centuries.
You can find out more about Yorkshire’s monastic settlements on our
We suggest you follow our links on the page to the site manager's own websites to check the latest admission policy, whether the sites are yet open for the Spring season and times of opening before your visit.
Abbeys
Springtime at the Yorkshire seaside
Three of the resorts on Yorkshire's coast were international Blue Flag beaches in 2024, there are a dozen beaches with Keep Britain Tidy Seaside Awards and a village which was judged to have Britain's Best Beach in 2020.
Find out more on our
Seaside Yorkshire.guide/seaside
Bradford is City of Culture
2025 sees the city and surrounding metropolitan district present hundreds of arts performances and events during the year.
Look back at the opening show at this Bradford City of Culture page.
Find out more about events taking place at the official
Bradford 2025 - UK City of Culture website.

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